Box for candy and similar articles.



G. P. HODGSON.

Patented Dec. 17,1912.

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0. P. HODGSON.

BOX FOR CANDY AND SIMILAR ARTICLES;

. Patented Dec. 17, 1912.-

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I Speciflcatlon of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 15, 1512. Serial No. 627,693.

To all whom it, may concern Be it known that I, CHms'roBHnR P. HonesoN,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook, in the State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Boxesfor Candy and Similar Articles, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying.draw1ngs.

My invention relates to improvements 1nboxes designed primarily forcontaining pieces of confectionery, but which may also advantageously beemployed for other small articles which it is desired to so pack as topresent an attractive appearance when'the box is opened.

It isdesirable in the packing of'smalllots of candy the the box containa plurality of receptacles so that when different kinds of candy arecontained in the box they may be kept separate, and even when all thecandy is of the same kind it is advantageous that it be divided up intoseparate lots, as the candy thus packed is more attract1ve 1nappearance, and when the contents consist of regularly-shaped indivldualFIBCGS and iability of crushing or marringthe pieces than if they wereall in one receptacl It is the leading object of'my invention to providea box of attractive appearance which will have a plurality of sectionsarranged in a novel manner and suitably hinged together so that the boxwhen opened up will attractively and fully display the contents of eachsection.

It is a further object of my invention to so arrange covering means forthe several sections that the contents of the sections cannot be spilledout during the folding over of the sections one u on another whenclosing the box, and which will also effectually guard against thepossibility of the contents of one section becoming mixed with those ofanother when the box is closed. Further-- will afford large surfacessuitahle'for carrying. appropriate advertising matter of themanufacturer of the candy, which advertising matter will always bevisible to the users of the contents of the box.

I accomplish these objects by the construction shown in the drawings andhereinafter specifically described.

That which I believe to be new will be set forth in the claims.

, In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved boxopened, and showing in dotted lines the covers for the top and bottomsections raised preparatory to being closed over their respectivesections; Fig. 2 is a'perspective view showing the box partially closed;and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box closed.

Referring to the several figures of the Patented Dec. 17, 1912 drawings,in which correspondlng parts are indicated by the .saine referencenumerals, 5 indicates one of the three sections of which the box as awhole is composed and which, when the box is closed, is the lowest .one'and hence is herein termed the lower section, and as the other sectionsare turned over and upon it to close the box, and away from it'to openthe box, as hereinafter described, this ,section mayalso beappropriately referred to as. the stationary section or member.

6 indicates what I term the intermediate section, as it lies between.the other two when the box is. closed, and 7 indicates the remainingsection, which is the upper one when the box is closed. Each section maybe divided into compartments if desired. As shown, each isdivided-transversely bya strip 8 so as to give each section twocompartments. Asshown, that side wall of the lower section 5 adjacent tothe intermediate section '6 is much lower than its opposite side walland its'endwalls, such low side wall being sub stantially the height ofall the walls of the said intermediate section 6. One of the side wallsof the intermediate section 6 is hinged at its upper edge to the upperedge of the low front wall of section 5 whereby the section 6 is adaptedto be turned over and lie within the higher walls of section 5the saidsection 6 being just enough shorter than section 5'to permit it to be somoved. To

the opposite edge. of section 6 is suitably bons 10 and 11 adapted tobetied together- I one end of each tape or ribbon being secured toopposite sides ofthe section 6. With this cover thus tied in lace thecontents of the section 6 will not all out when the section WVhensection '6 is thus turned over it is supported on a ledge 12 extendingaround three sides of section 5 and is'also supported on the centraldivision strip 8 in'that section 5.

The height of the intermediate section 6 when its cover is in place overit is just suflicient to bring its lower face, when such section isturned over section '5, substantially flush with the upper edges of thethree high Walls of such section 5. The upper section 7 is hinged alongone edge of one of its side walls 'to the upper edge of the high sidewall of the section 5 and to the edge of its opposite sidewall is hingeda cover 13 adapted to close over the section 7, said cover being adaptedto be secured in closed position by i the tying together of two tapes orribbons 14 and 15 suitably secured at opposite sides of the section 7.With this cover thus tied in place the section 7 with its compartmentsfilled can be turned over to close the box as a whole, and as thesections 5 and 7 are of the same length and width the high walls of thelower section will act to support the said upper section, as'shown inFig. 3.

When the box is opened, as in Fig. 1, it will be seen that the contentsof the various sections are equally well and fully displayed to view,and that the faces of the covers 9 aid 13 that are thenuppermost furnishlarge spaceswhich can be well utilized for carrying suitable advertisingmatter which will always be prominent to-the users of the contents ofthe .box. i What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A box comprising in combination :1 rec tangular box section havingone 'of its Walls of less height than the others, and a secondbox-section hinged to the lower wall of said first-named section andadapted to be supported, with its bottom uppermost, within between thethree higher walls of said section, and a cover hinged to the outer mar'n of said second-named section and folda le therewith, said cover beingadapted to keep the contents of the two sections separated.

3. A box comprising in combination top, bottom and intermediaterectangular sections, said bottom section having one wall of lessheight'than its other walls, said intermediate section being hingedtosaid lower wall and being adapted to be supported with its bottomuppermost within the upper pon tion of said bottom section, and the saidtop section being hinged to oneof the higher walls of the said bottomsection and ada ted to be turned over and be supported above said turnedintermediate section. v

4. A box comprising in combination top, bottom and intermediaterectangular sections, said bottom section having one wall of less heightthan its other walls, said intermediate section being hin ed to saidlower wall and being adapted to e supported with its bottom uppermostwithin the upper portion of said bottom section, and the said topsection being hinged to one of the higher walls of the said bottomsection and ada ted to be'turned over and be supported a ove said turnedintermediate section, and a cover hinged to the free edge of each ofsaid lastnamed sections.

OHRISTOPHERP. HODGSON.

Witnesses:

W. H. DE Brian, W. A. FURNNER.

